John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electro-acoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was... Read full biography
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electro-acoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most... Read full biography
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electro-acoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's... Read full biography
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electro-acoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of their lives. Although Cage was most noted for his musical compositions, he was also an artist who did drawings, collage, painting, printmaking, assemblage and performance art. He started painting in his youth but he gave... Read full biography
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electro-acoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of their lives. Although Cage was most noted for his musical compositions, he was also an artist who did drawings, collage, painting, printmaking, assemblage and performance art. He started painting in his youth but he gave it up in order to concentrate on music instead. His first mature visual project, Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel, dates from... Read full biography
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About John Milton Cage Jr: Books
Books & Publications (25)
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A History of Video Art-Second Editon
2013
Meigh-Andrews, Chris
408 pages
Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage
2010
Silverman, Kenneth
483 pages (color)
See This Sound: Promises in Sound and Vision (Lentos Art Museum, LInz, Austria
2009
Rainer, Cosima et al
312 pages (color)
Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Scott, Kitty et al
137 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Black Mountain College Experiment in Art
2004
Katz, Vincent
352 pages (color)
Sounds of the Inner Eye: John Cage, Mark Tobey and Morris Graves
2002
Cage, John; Graves, Morris; Tobey, Mark
272 pages (color)
John Cage Visual Art: To Sober and Quiet the Mind
2001
Brown, Kathan
130 pages (color)
Artists at Work Inside the Studios of Today's Most Celebrated Artists
1999
Seidner, David
0 pages
Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press
1996
Brown, Kathan
287 pages (color)
Drawing the Line Reappraising Drawing Past and Present (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Craig-Martin, Michael
108 pages (color)
Making It New Essays, Interviews and Talks
1994
Geldzahler, Henry
369 pages
Conceptual Art An American Perspective
1994
Morgan, Robert C
198 pages
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Artists Observed
1986
Stein, Harvey
160 pages
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Selections from Permanent Collection
1984
Chicago, Museum Contemporary
164 pages (color)
Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection
1984
Severinghaus, J Walter
333 pages (color)
The American Artist as Printmaker (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Walker, Barry
144 pages (color)
Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
1980
Castleman, Riva
144 pages (color)
American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists
1980
Johnson, Una E
266 pages (color)
Out of this Century Confessions of an Art Adict
1979
Guggenheim, Peggy
396 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection